Wanted: Evening Babysitter

As I mentioned in a previous post, Aunt Lore' and Uncle David came to town last week to help out while Den was out of town. They were a HUGE help. Eddie had an absolute blast with Uncle David and both were a great help with Josie. There is something about leaving your kids in good hands and watching your kids have fun with other people.

This leads me to my latest panic/worry/obsession. I've got to find a good babysitter for Tuesday nights by this fall. Cookie is going to be working for another family (the one she worked for prior to us) on Tuesdays and Fridays, as they are having a third child, so I'm out of luck.

I'm not opposed to a teenager--heck I babysat a lot when I was a teenager--sometimes I'm surprised parents left me in charge of their kids, but everyone ended up just fine. We had one teenager recently who just didn't instill a lot of confidence and I really want someone who can at least be comfortable with what they are doing. Our babysitter from last year is going off to college. Watching a 5 month old and 2.5 year old isn't impossible, but it is a handful. So if anyone has leads...oh and they have to have their own transportation, as I need the sitters for when Den is out of town, so obviously can't take them back home.

Den and I are already thinking of how we can combine g'parent visits with trips he has to take, but that only gets us so far and doesn't address the relative last minute trips.


Here we are after dinner Saturday night at one of our favorite resturants. We joke there are almost as many highchairs and boosters as there are regular chairs.